# Cheek kiss - left or right?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-kiss-left-or-right/979537>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-kiss-left-or-right/979537 "2023-02-09T19:20:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-kiss-left-or-right/979537/21 "2023-02-11T08:19:18Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> When you do a cheek kiss, you don’t actually kiss the other person‘s cheek. Rather, you touch cheeks and make a kiss.

Yes! My first time was embarrassing because I didn’t know that.

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**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-kiss-left-or-right/979537/22 "2023-02-11T11:39:58Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> I blame the French - our close neighbours make us feel paranoid that we’re doing it all wrong

Is there a circumstance this doesn’t cover?

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-kiss-left-or-right/979537/23 "2023-02-13T08:39:43Z")

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> [@abcdefghij](#):
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> Is there a circumstance this doesn’t cover?

Struggling to think of one!

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